Photographic teleobjective



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ZJ-udi8. UPHLo Application hasbeen filed in Germany March The invention relates to photographic teleobjectives, i. e., to objectives whose two principal points lie before the front lens if by the latter that particular lens is referred to which in the case of diminutions faces the object to be imaged. The object of the invention is in partlcular to improve those simplest kinds of teleobjecconverging and one diverging lens each form a a negative system lying in the rear. To obtain satisfactory definition and flatness of image with high speed the correction of distortion has been types consisting of more than four lenses have very often be, as for instance in the manufacture of long-focus objectives.

tives corrected for distortion are as yet unknown.

According to the present invention it is possi- 25 ble also in the case of four-lens teleobjectives to with corrected distortion considerably reduce and practically eliminate the distortion if a known lens-combination is taken focal plane is where the two diverging lenses of the objective face each other, where the diverging lens of the 30 negative system is formed by a meniscus whose radius of the concave surface of this meniscus is numerically greater than one tenth of the focal the convex surface of said meniscus is numerimake this air-lens in the negative system hollow on both sides.

cording to this invention can be cemented together or can also be combined without being cemented together. Of the uncemented types one form has proved to be especially suitable for re ducing the aberrations, viz., that form where the 50 156-3 d ight distortion. two lenses of the positive system enclose a meniscus-shaped air lens whose hollow side is turned away from the negative system and whose image- I Claim: side radius of curvature is longer than the object-side radius of curvature. 55 pal points lie before the front surface, the com- Patented Apr. 22, 1941 PHOTOGRAPHIC TELEOBJECTIVE Robert Richter, Jena, Germany, assignor to the firm Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany Application March 8, 1940, Serial No. 322,980 In Germany March 30, 1939 3 Claims. (Cl. 88-57) SEARCH ROOM In the drawings and in the following tables constructional examples of two objectives according 1. Constructional example (Fig. 1)

Thicknesses tives consisting of four single lenses of which one Radii and spaces system, viz., a positive system lying in front and +203 this simple four-lens form of teleobjectives at 1 dispensed with heretofore. In case the objectives in question are to satisfy greater requirements. -7542 been adopted and the simplicity of the objectives 1'87 is dispensed with though important this may b =14. 52 bz==15. 64

Types of glasses Four-lens teleobjec- This constructional example covers an imagefield of about at an aperture-ratio of 1:63 The distance between the front vertex of the front lens and the rear 2. Constructional example (Fig. 2)

and spaces hollow side faces the positive system, where the Radfi Thjcknesseg length of the objective and where the radius of T: +2

cally greater than double the radius of the concave surface. whereby, however, the two lenses n= -4o.2 of the negative system-in deviating from the n: HMS known-are separated by an air-space which 40 b =14.Z3 takes the form of a diverging lens, but having a collective refractive power. It is advisable to 700 d== 1.0

.1 The two forward lenses of the objectives ac- 40 n: 18

Types of glasses This constructional example likewise covers an image-field of about 30 at an aperture ratio of The distance between the front vertex of the front lens and the rear focal plane amounts to 79.37 in this case.

1. In a photographic objective whose princibination of a front positive and a rear negative lens system, both systems being in axial alignment and axially spaced a distance apart greater than one fifth and less than one half the focal length of the objective as a whole, each of said systems consisting of a converging and of a diverging lens, the diverging lenses of the two systems facing each other, the diverging lens of the negative system being a meniscus whose concave side faces the positive system, the radius of the hollow side of this meniscus being numerically greater than one tenth and less than one fifth of the focal length of the obiective, the ra-' the two lenses of the negative system being spaced apart by an air lens having the form of a diverging lens but with a converging power of refraction.

2. In an objective according to claim 1, the said air lens of the negative system being hollow on both sides.

3. In an objective according to claim 1, the two lenses of said positive system being spaced apart by an air lens having the form of a meniscus whose hollow side is turned away from the negative system and whose radius of curvature facing the image is longer than that facing the object.

ROBERT RICHTER. 

